Improvement in jig-saws



P. HUGHES.

J'IG-SAW.

No.175,101. 1 rammed March 21,1876.-

WITNESSES:

ATTUBIIEYS.

MPETERS, PNOYO-LITHOGHAFHER, WASHING-Til"v D C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

PETER HUGHES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN JlG-SAWS.

Specification forming part of Letters ,PatentNo. 115,101, dated March21,1876; application filed February 21, 1876.

a ajig-saw.

Figure 1 is a top view of. my improved jigsaw, and Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

'A is the bench or table; B, G, and D, the stationary frame, in whichthe saw-gate E works by the guides F G, .the gate being pressed down bythe foot-treadle H, and raised by the springs I, J and K, spring I beingattached to the under side of the stationary frame 0, and connected tothe-treadle by the link K, spring J being attached by both ends to beamB, and spring K being attached at its upper end to beam B, and at thelower end to the short arm L of the foottreadle. The saw M is connectedto the arms of the saw-gate by the turning studs N O, for shifting'it toany direction, and stud O has thestraining-nut P screwed on it. Q is thepresser-foot for keeping the work in position. R is the miter-box gagefor sawing miters, the same being a board with right-angled sides S, anda flange, T, to gage it to the table, so that the base of the triangleruns parallel with the saw, and said board and sides S terminate shortof the intersecting point of the sides to allow the work to projectsufliciently to be sawed to the required bevel.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The springs I, J, and K, combined and arranged withthe foot-treadle H and the sawgate E, substantially as specified.

PETER HUGHES.

Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

